Dragon and Tennille had been together through 40 years of marriage prior to 2014, but a break-down in their relationship saw them part ways. Nevertheless, they remained close friends, and when Dragon’s health began to wain Tennille moved back to Arizona to help care for him.
Having met in the early 1970s, Dragon and Tennille struck the right chords when they began to perform together and experiment with music. With Tennille on vocals and Dragon on keyboard, their big breakthrough came in 1975 after they covered the Neil Sedaka-Howard Greenfield song “Love Will Keep Us Together.”
The Captain and Tennille version ended up topping the charts and won a Grammy for record of the year.
What followed was a range of covers including “Muskrat Love” and “Shop Around”. Tennille’s original song “Do That to Me One More Time” was a number one in 1980, whilst the pair also briefly starred in their own television show.
We’ll certainly miss Dragon, but we’re thankful for all the memories he gave us.
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